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The University of Adelaide entered the dynamic world of crowdfunding in 2017. Thanks to the generous response of our University community, more than 1,000 families in India's north-west will have the capacity to maintain a reliable supply of life-sustaining pure drinking water.

Nothing can replace the loss of someone dear to us. For Adelaide alumnus Graham Smith, establishing a scholarship for Roseworthy veterinary science students in the name of his late partner, Rosa Samuels, is a fitting way to honour her memory.

Alastair McEwin was born deaf. He was also, it seems, born to lead. In 1994, he graduated from the University of Adelaide, deeply grateful for the support he'd received through the Sir Charles Bright Scholarship. Now, having risen to the position of Australian Disability Discrimination Commissioner, he's giving others with a disability the same opportunity to 'fly'.

Giving Through Music

University Medical Orchestra Prescribes PhilanthropyThe Adelaide University Medical Orchestra (AUMO) was always going to be exceptional. When established in 2008, it was the world's first single-faculty medical orchestra. Today, it comprises a diverse group of more than 200 University of Adelaide medical students, forming nearly a dozen music, art and dance ensembles.

But it's the organisation's philanthropy that truly sets it apart. The AUMO Foundation engages with a different community health initiative or not-for-profit every year, typically within South Australia but sometimes nationally.

Read more about how AUMO supported the Elder Conservatorium's Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM).